This road gives you back way access to Peter Lougheed provincial park and Spray Lakes, popular for ice fishing, skating and boating. You’ll enter moose territory, pass Mt. Engadine Lodge (which we recommend for lunch or just a tea/drink break) and emerge out on Highway 40 by the winter gate.

Simply beautiful driving. You’ll find a lot of places to picnic and stop for the views. You’ll also find a world-class golf course at Kananaskis Village, two ski hills (Fortress Mountain and Nakiska), and thousands of kilometers of hiking trails.

Map

Highway 40 South to Longview

Route: As labeled (closed Dec. 1 through June 14 inclusive)

Condition: Paved, maintained when open

Time: 2 hours

A summer drive you simply must take. You’ll start from the winter gate and traverse huge, broad valleys with deciduous trees; the alpine splendor of Highwood Pass, followed by narrow canyons, mini-waterfalls and then open prairie.

Turn around and go back through again; it’s definitely worth it. You’ll have two options: Turn south on Highway 22 and continue to Waterton Lakes National Park; or turn north and drive back through ranch country. You may think it looks familiar – and you are right. The area acted as the “set” of the Clint Eastwood western “Unforgiven”.